"Midnight
Rain," 17"x23" Watercolor by Tony Parisi |
With a background
in fine arts, Tony worked in several New York City
advertising agencies as a Creative Director. During this
period he still actively pursued a career as a painter, and
now he devotes his time almost exclusively to fine arts. He
is equally comfortable working in both watercolor and oils. |
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He teaches watercolor landscape and portrait
painting at the Scarsdale Adult School in Westchester, and
he also teaches privately. His paintings are
developed from his photographs, sketches, and the use of
live models. He prefers to immerse himself in one subject or
theme at a time, thereby creating a "series" of paintings.
Some of his series are: "Watercolor Portraits of Creative
People", "Oils and Watercolors of Marrakech", "Impressions
of Spain", "France: Paris and Brittany ", "The Hudson
River", "Floral", and as a native New Yorker, he
particularly enjoyed painting the series "Unique New York".
A graduate of New York State Institute of Applied Arts and
Sciences, Tony also studied at the School of Visual Arts,
The New School, and the Art Students League. |
"5th
Avenue Flags," 23"x17" Watercolor by Tony Parisi |
Tony's paintings have been exhibited in various galleries in
Manhattan and Westchester County. "Art of the Portrait" at
the Luman Winter Gallery was sponsored by the New Rochelle
Council for the Arts, his "Watercolor Portraits of Creative
People" was presented at the Wildcliff Center for the Arts
Gallery, and his "Impressions of Spain" was at the Donnell
Library Center in New York City. His work has also been on
exhibition at Objects and Images Gallery, the Bronxville Art
Center Gallery, and the Joan Whalen Gallery on 57th Street
in New York City.
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